Nice nice! You're using it to treat which skin condition? Eczema?

Wah use hand sanitizer frequently caused dryness as well? Super high alcohol content? I remember during the period when H1N1 was at its peak, nearly everyone has a sanitizer & even the manufacturer can't keep up with the market demand.
A lot of existing good moisturizer would probably have some Shea butter in it. After being refined & mixed with other substance, it generally would still retain its moisturizing property but completely lose all healing properties. Probably that's why you didn't experience it's healing benefits. Some older people who bought Shea butter to tackle their eczema, reported that their pre-mature wrinkles reduced as well lol.

I have some Shea butter from US for sale, haven't open a thread in garage sales yet lol. But there are few local companies selling Shea butter in Malaysia, some of them brand it themselves. You can check them out as well.

Thanks, will check out Nubian Heritage.

Lol yea I noticed the ones that tend to mark up that high from the original manufacturer are the cross border merchants. But I think there's a local company that's in the midst of importing Nubian Heritage products into Malaysia, so the pricing might be better. You bought yours from iHerb?

An ancient research from University of Lagos on the effectiveness of shea butter to clear nose block aka nasal congestion; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...m00240-0056.pdf

Key points
- no rebound congestion, or damage to the nasal mucosa developed.
- if the shea butter is organic & unrefined, there's no side effect from using it.
- the effect is fairly prompt, roughly 2 minutes & will last for 5 to 8 hours.

Personally I've tried it, takes few minutes to clear the airways & last for hours. Curious on whether it helps to tackle people who snores due to nasal congestion> Would be fantastic if it does, currently looking for people to test it out